buffygirl wrote:EDIT: And while I'm at it, who approved this??? What happened to Blitzgirl-as-pope? I have not the opportunity to read the pages I have missed, how am I to know what this means?

Blitzgirl doesn't want to be Pope.

Well, we weren't exactly going to ask her, anyway.

So how do we determine a pope anyway then?

I didn't say we weren't going to make her Pope, just that we wouldn't ask her.

There is some merit in the thought that those who crave power are actually the least suitable to wield it ...

Edit: Oh Bugger....

Thank you, I was trying to remember, and then to Google, just how the usual phrasing of that idea went, but eventually gave up on it and posted without it. It's exactly what I had in mind, though.

P.S. I am Randall, but not that Randall.We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better … stronger … well, maybe not faster.Well, BlitzGirl is experiencing a bit of a title wave.

Pope RobIrr wrote:There is some merit in the thought that those who crave power are actually the least suitable to wield it ...

Edit: Oh Bugger....

Thank you, I was trying to remember, and then to Google, just how the usual phrasing of that idea went, but eventually gave up on it and posted without it. It's exactly what I had in mind, though.

I was actually trying to remember if it was one of the concepts in TMIAHM but also gave up looking. Mycroft might know ..

Edit to avoid double-post: Outside duties call; I dare say my reign will be over by the time I get back in several TimeFrames/Newpics*. You are all therefore forgiven all transgressions, past and future, committed on this papal page. Thank you for your devotion...

*delete as appropriate.

RobIrr, Bishop of the Diocese of Recursive Magic Kingdoi.BlitzGirl the Primordial

P.S. I am Randall, but not that Randall.We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better … stronger … well, maybe not faster.Well, BlitzGirl is experiencing a bit of a title wave.

cmyk wrote:...Hey, is this anyone's whistle??? Smells funny... ```~~**~* !whirly time ripple! *~**~~```[swipe!]HEY, YOU THERE MADAM! STOP! THAT WHISTLE'S MINE!```~~**~* !whirly exit time ripple! *~**~~``` ... eh, screw it, she can have it. Her pointy hat might've taken out my eye.

*puts whistle in pocket*One Whistle of Temporal Harmony, check. Now to deliver it to the future!

Sigcouragement roundup:

Spoiler:

From RobIrr's sig:

manvandmaan wrote:

histrion wrote:How do you pronounce "BlitzGirl?"

HE-RO.

You mean I've been pronouncing my own name wrong this whole time?!

Valarya wrote:Blitzgirl:A Knight, A Troubadour, A Balladeer I salute thee.

I salute thee back, fair Valarya!

lmjb1964 wrote:Blitzgirl, we eagerly await your arrival in the Present! Or with a present, either way.

Presents! Everybody likes presents!

Caswallon wrote:Yet Another Spoiler for Blitzgirl!Spoiler: The churches are in ruins, we are reaching the end of days, there are avians piloting produce, and the only true remaining faiths are to "Wait for it..." and for you!

Whatever kind of avians they are, pterosaurs should take care of them. Open up a Time vortex and collect some, then you should be fine. I believe they will eat both avians and produce. As for the ruined churches, I hope this wasn't because I shied away from that Papacy (Momacy)? It probably wasn't a good idea in the first place to nominate somebody from a different Time of the thread.

Another diversion to Ancient Text, page 140:

Spoiler:

edo wrote:Ancient Text ד:Spoiler: And two Fathers will leave their families, and they will wallow through the needle-pulled thing, pining for the One Who is to Come to lead them; they will ask(demand) that She become their Father/Mother, and She will have pity upon them. Thus She will unite the faithful against the evil trolls who slink through the fora seeking the ruin of soles (and laces). For it is through the One Who is to Come that all paradoxes will be resolved, and She will reign till the end of Time.

Now just how accurate is this Ancient Text? And how Ancient? And if it's Ancient, how do we know that the events it speaks of haven't already happened long before?

I must depart, but I'll distract you with this gem lost to Time (I was instructed to bring some of these along, but my pocket is now occupied, so I'll just shove it through the Time vortex), circa newpage 290:

Spoiler:

squonk wrote:

boozledorf wrote:It seems we may be nearing the end of the One True Comic.

Congratulations! You are the one millionth person to make that call!

Onward!

THIS SIGNPOST INTERRUPTED FOR AN IMPORTANTTEMPORAL RESCUE AND RECOVERY MISSION:

```~~**~* !whirly time ripple! *~**~~```

*scoops up tiny trebuchet from the collapsed pile of semencoffeecancerbabybacon in the current TimeFrame**puts in vest-of-many-pockets*

lmjb1964 wrote:I applaud Blitzgirl for her tireless effort in clearly delineating each Period of Time. I would like to propose that Time can also be divided into two Eras--The Castle Era and the Scaffolding Era. The two era are distinct not only in terms of building materials but also, I think, of mood. In the Castle Era, the two are relaxing on the beach and decide to build a castle, and a bigger castle. The whole thing, the recursive castles, the trebucheting of the castles, all seems to have a sense of play. And as Cueball says at the end, "It's been fun. . ."

For me, the Scaffolding Era seems to have a more ominous tone. The idea that they are young and inexperienced (and not very bright), and are just idly wondering about how the world works is interesting, and possible. However, I sense something deeper, and it's not just the ocean. The concern about the rising water level, the confusion about their surroundings, it all seems to have a lost and worried tone. Maybe I'm just imagining it (I am the Imaginator, after all) but the two sections seem to be very different.

lmjb1964 wrote:I applaud Blitzgirl for her tireless effort in clearly delineating each Period of Time. I would like to propose that Time can also be divided into two Eras--The Castle Era and the Scaffolding Era. The two era are distinct not only in terms of building materials but also, I think, of mood. In the Castle Era, the two are relaxing on the beach and decide to build a castle, and a bigger castle. The whole thing, the recursive castles, the trebucheting of the castles, all seems to have a sense of play. And as Cueball says at the end, "It's been fun. . ."

For me, the Scaffolding Era seems to have a more ominous tone. The idea that they are young and inexperienced (and not very bright), and are just idly wondering about how the world works is interesting, and possible. However, I sense something deeper, and it's not just the ocean. The concern about the rising water level, the confusion about their surroundings, it all seems to have a lost and worried tone. Maybe I'm just imagining it (I am the Imaginator, after all) but the two sections seem to be very different.

Thoughts?

I would like to support this notion.

As a Space Bishop of the eastern unorthodox Timewaiters I second that Notion as well!

- former Expecto Space Bishop Temporas of the Church of Eastern unorthodox Timewaiters

lmjb1964 wrote:I applaud Blitzgirl for her tireless effort in clearly delineating each Period of Time. I would like to propose that Time can also be divided into two Eras--The Castle Era and the Scaffolding Era. The two era are distinct not only in terms of building materials but also, I think, of mood. In the Castle Era, the two are relaxing on the beach and decide to build a castle, and a bigger castle. The whole thing, the recursive castles, the trebucheting of the castles, all seems to have a sense of play. And as Cueball says at the end, "It's been fun. . ."

For me, the Scaffolding Era seems to have a more ominous tone. The idea that they are young and inexperienced (and not very bright), and are just idly wondering about how the world works is interesting, and possible. However, I sense something deeper, and it's not just the ocean. The concern about the rising water level, the confusion about their surroundings, it all seems to have a lost and worried tone. Maybe I'm just imagining it (I am the Imaginator, after all) but the two sections seem to be very different.

Thoughts?

I would like to support this notion.

As a Space Bishop of the eastern unorthodox Timewaiters I second that Notion as well!

As not a Chief of Grains of the non-existant Self-Referring Recursive Chapter of the completely made-up Sandmasons and also as 'The Period Guy', I also support the idea of further dividing Time.Consider this proposition thirded1!

1EDIT: fourthed/fourded/four'ed/?

Congratz BlitzGirl BlitzRandir!Godspeed to all the OTT travelers! I am one of you now!

- Former (Never was) Grand Mason of the now abolished SandMasons (which off course never existed)- The Croissant Man (or Period Guy, whatevs)

lmjb1964 wrote:I applaud Blitzgirl for her tireless effort in clearly delineating each Period of Time. I would like to propose that Time can also be divided into two Eras--The Castle Era and the Scaffolding Era. The two era are distinct not only in terms of building materials but also, I think, of mood. In the Castle Era, the two are relaxing on the beach and decide to build a castle, and a bigger castle. The whole thing, the recursive castles, the trebucheting of the castles, all seems to have a sense of play. And as Cueball says at the end, "It's been fun. . ."

For me, the Scaffolding Era seems to have a more ominous tone. The idea that they are young and inexperienced (and not very bright), and are just idly wondering about how the world works is interesting, and possible. However, I sense something deeper, and it's not just the ocean. The concern about the rising water level, the confusion about their surroundings, it all seems to have a lost and worried tone. Maybe I'm just imagining it (I am the Imaginator, after all) but the two sections seem to be very different.

Thoughts?

I would like to support this notion.

As a Space Bishop of the eastern unorthodox Timewaiters I second that Notion as well!

As not a Chief of Grains of the non-existant Self-Referring Recursive Chapter of the completely made-up Sandmasons and also as 'The Period Guy', I also support the idea of further dividing Time.Consider this proposition thirded1!

1EDIT: fourthed/fourded/four'ed/?

The term you're looking for is 'quartered'

Oelpr Jnhar, Knight of the Chronological OrderPurveyor of Pepsi, the One True Beverage"HELLO. MY NAME IS STORMANGEL. YOU OTCOLORED MY NOPICES. PREPARE TO GO CAVE."

Ok everyone there is a cool new feature in The Book of Time. Go to any page (except the last few as I haven't updated them yet) and there is a link at the bottom that takes you to that newpix's point in the Forum thread. So if you know the newpix number you want to investigate you can go to that page in the book of time and then use the link to get there quickly without having to search through the forum. Also this is useful if you want to edit a Book of Time page and want to see what was talked about at that Time to know what to add.

As a Space Bishop of the eastern unorthodox Timewaiters I second that Notion as well!

*lightly taps silent_death on the head with the collection plate* I see Kryton and I are not alone!!! As Apex Bishop of the Eastern Unorthodox TWs, I say it's your turn to make the collections. This thing is heavy and I'm tired of carrying it around.

As a Space Bishop of the eastern unorthodox Timewaiters I second that Notion as well!

*lightly taps silent_death on the head with the collection plate* I see Kryton and I are not alone!!! As Apex Bishop of the Eastern Unorthodox TWs, I say it's your turn to make the collections. This thing is heavy and I'm tired of carrying it around.

Well, you are right with that - its mostly heavy because of my most generous donation.

I will take the plate and make the collections for now.

- former Expecto Space Bishop Temporas of the Church of Eastern unorthodox Timewaiters

lmjb1964 wrote:I applaud Blitzgirl for her tireless effort in clearly delineating each Period of Time. I would like to propose that Time can also be divided into two Eras--The Castle Era and the Scaffolding Era. The two era are distinct not only in terms of building materials but also, I think, of mood. In the Castle Era, the two are relaxing on the beach and decide to build a castle, and a bigger castle. The whole thing, the recursive castles, the trebucheting of the castles, all seems to have a sense of play. And as Cueball says at the end, "It's been fun. . ."

For me, the Scaffolding Era seems to have a more ominous tone. The idea that they are young and inexperienced (and not very bright), and are just idly wondering about how the world works is interesting, and possible. However, I sense something deeper, and it's not just the ocean. The concern about the rising water level, the confusion about their surroundings, it all seems to have a lost and worried tone. Maybe I'm just imagining it (I am the Imaginator, after all) but the two sections seem to be very different.

Thoughts?

I would like to support this notion.

As a Space Bishop of the eastern unorthodox Timewaiters I second that Notion as well!

As not a Chief of Grains of the non-existant Self-Referring Recursive Chapter of the completely made-up Sandmasons and also as 'The Period Guy', I also support the idea of further dividing Time.Consider this proposition thirded1!

lmjb1964 wrote:I applaud Blitzgirl for her tireless effort in clearly delineating each Period of Time. I would like to propose that Time can also be divided into two Eras--The Castle Era and the Scaffolding Era. The two era are distinct not only in terms of building materials but also, I think, of mood. In the Castle Era, the two are relaxing on the beach and decide to build a castle, and a bigger castle. The whole thing, the recursive castles, the trebucheting of the castles, all seems to have a sense of play. And as Cueball says at the end, "It's been fun. . ."

For me, the Scaffolding Era seems to have a more ominous tone. The idea that they are young and inexperienced (and not very bright), and are just idly wondering about how the world works is interesting, and possible. However, I sense something deeper, and it's not just the ocean. The concern about the rising water level, the confusion about their surroundings, it all seems to have a lost and worried tone. Maybe I'm just imagining it (I am the Imaginator, after all) but the two sections seem to be very different.

Thoughts?

I would like to support this notion.

As a Space Bishop of the eastern unorthodox Timewaiters I second that Notion as well!

As not a Chief of Grains of the non-existant Self-Referring Recursive Chapter of the completely made-up Sandmasons and also as 'The Period Guy', I also support the idea of further dividing Time.Consider this proposition thirded1!

1EDIT: fourthed/fourded/four'ed/?

The problem I see with this is that Time can also be divided into the Pre and Post-Flood Era. The scaffolding is present in both.

Does anybody have any idea of what the hell energy is? It's the thing that, when applied to something, gives itself to the thing so that the thing can expend it, applying it to other things in multiple forms of it. What the hell is it?

lmjb1964 wrote:I applaud Blitzgirl for her tireless effort in clearly delineating each Period of Time. I would like to propose that Time can also be divided into two Eras--The Castle Era and the Scaffolding Era. The two era are distinct not only in terms of building materials but also, I think, of mood. In the Castle Era, the two are relaxing on the beach and decide to build a castle, and a bigger castle. The whole thing, the recursive castles, the trebucheting of the castles, all seems to have a sense of play. And as Cueball says at the end, "It's been fun. . ."

For me, the Scaffolding Era seems to have a more ominous tone. The idea that they are young and inexperienced (and not very bright), and are just idly wondering about how the world works is interesting, and possible. However, I sense something deeper, and it's not just the ocean. The concern about the rising water level, the confusion about their surroundings, it all seems to have a lost and worried tone. Maybe I'm just imagining it (I am the Imaginator, after all) but the two sections seem to be very different.

Thoughts?

The problem I see with this is that Time can also be divided into the Pre and Post-Flood Era. The scaffolding is present in both.

You can see into the future? :o

Congratz BlitzGirl BlitzRandir!Godspeed to all the OTT travelers! I am one of you now!

- Former (Never was) Grand Mason of the now abolished SandMasons (which off course never existed)- The Croissant Man (or Period Guy, whatevs)

Oooh. I know I say this every couple of pages, but I think I've finally figured out what this comic is about! It all makes sense now..

It's about the philosophical divide between the physical sciences and engineering disciplines. Think about it, Megan and Cueball are obviously really, really good at building and repairing things.. but have no desire to study how their world works (per recent dialog).

Thus, there's really only one way* this can end.

*I just don't know how they'll get that many velociraptors into a limo and still get to the airport on time

/at least I'm not a bowl of petunias/\\current member of the post-pre-hat-queue-mob-mob-mob\\

While we're waiting for it, some observations about the internal time fields in the PNG files.As regular Timewaiters will know, for most of the frames, the datecreate field is set to 27 March, while the datemodify field is set to 25 March. Makes no sense, but the Lord Randall works in mysterious ways.Starting last Sunday, at 01:00 UTC (that's Saturday 9 pm EDT for y'all Americans), both the datecreate and datemodify were set to 27 March.Starting yesterday at 09:00 UTC, both the datecreate and datemodify were set to 30 March.And finally, starting today at 06:00 UTC, both the datecreate and datemodify are set to 12 April.

While we're waiting for it, some observations about the internal time fields in the PNG files.

You know that it is not entirely out of His scope to issue a few newpix with a datecreate and datemodify somewhere in the future or deep in the past (e.g. Jan 12, 1997, to score against cinematic artistic licences on a side effect), just to tantalize you?